Milka Duno’s career crossed sports cars, IndyCar and stock cars. The most useful account keeps each discipline and result type visible. Her Indianapolis 500 record provides a compact, independently maintained set of results; her own biography supplies broader career context that should remain attributed and dated.
Follow the changes of discipline
Duno's official biography describes her sports-car career, including a second-place finish at the 24 Hours of Daytona, followed by IndyCar competition from 2007 through 2010. It also records a full ARCA season in 2013 and NASCAR national-series participation in 2014. These are historical milestones; the biography's present-tense descriptions reflect the period in which it was written.
The different series deserve separate lines in a career summary. An endurance sports-car result includes the shared-car context; an Indianapolis 500 finish describes one race; a season championship position summarizes points under that series' rules. Keeping those labels makes the record easier to understand and compare.
The same biography describes her engineering education and education-outreach work. Those help explain the public story around the driver. Assessing on-track performance calls for event and championship records with their own dates and definitions.
Three Indianapolis 500 starts, shown individually
Indianapolis Motor Speedway's driver record lists the following Indianapolis 500 results. Start and finish are positions; laps are the laps credited to Duno's entry.
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| Year | Start | Finish | Laps | Recorded status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 29 | 31 | 65 | Accident |
| 2008 | 27 | 19 | 185 | Running |
| 2009 | 30 | 20 | 199 | Running |
The entries were with SAMAX Motorsport in 2007 and Dreyer & Reinbold Racing in 2008 and 2009. IMS lists three Indianapolis 500 starts, with no wins, poles or top-ten finishes. This is the Indianapolis 500 record; use separate season records to evaluate the rest of her IndyCar participation.
A pole, a finish and a season rank answer different questions
Duno's biography reports a Talladega ARCA pole and seventh place in the 2013 driver standings. ARCA's own Talladega historical summary also includes her among drivers with one pole at the track. A pole records a qualifying achievement; race results and championship standings should be reported alongside it under their own labels.
When comparing performances, first match the series, season, event and result type. Note whether a table includes every entered race, only starts, or a selected group of finishes. For endurance racing, add the car, class, co-drivers and whether a position is overall or within a class. For a points result, retain the championship name and year.
A concise assessment can recognize a documented achievement and still report the broader results accurately. Use a clear scope such as “Indianapolis 500, 2007–2009” instead of letting one event's record stand for an entire career.
Preserve the source and its time frame
- Write the exact claim you want to make: event finish, qualifying position, season standing or biographical milestone.
- Find the organizing series or track's result for performance claims. Retain the date, class and relevant column headings.
- Use the driver or team's account for its own statements, with attribution when it supplies the evidence.
- Keep historical superlatives attached to the date and comparison group established by the source. An old biography's “highest ever” language needs fresh verification before becoming a current record claim.
- Save the supporting link with your note so another reader can trace the statement.
This method produces a useful career summary even when older source pages move or an event archive is incomplete. Mark the gap and retain the narrower verified result. For another motorsports retrospective built around dated evidence, read Ducati's 2002 engine proposal and GP03 season.
Researched and updated September 20, 2026. Use the linked sources for applicable documents and current service, access or event information.
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